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Latest Federal Alerts

  
 
  • Protect crucial diabetes funding!
    Tell your Representative to oppose the budget reconciliation legislation and to maintain efforts to ensure diabetes prevention and improve our nation's overall health!
  • Support Healthy Moms and Babies!
    Please email your legislators and tell them to support healthy moms and babies by co-sponsoring the Gestational Diabetes Act!
  • Support the National Diabetes Prevention Program
    The National Diabetes Prevention Program will help prevent diabetes for the 79 million Americans at risk to develop this devastating disease but only Congress provides the federal funding it needs. Act now.
 
 
 
 

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Health Care Matters

JeremiahJeremiah was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2007.  Now a huge portion of his monthly income goes to paying for his diabetes prescriptions and supplies.  Because Jeremiah has no insurance, he’s also had to delay treatment and care because of cost.  A small business owner, he’s tried to get insurance coverage for himself and his employees, but “it was going to be over $2,000 a month, and the coverage wasn’t even going to cover my diabetes, or kick in for a year.”   Jeremiah hopes legislators realize that everyone should have access to health care. “I’m not asking for the best care in the world, but just something.” Read more and learn how you can help

 

Health Care Reform Now

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